Washington, Oct. 9 -- The US plans to livestream the execution of former Army major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
A Defense Department official told the BBC that the execution, scheduled for December 3, would be broadcast online. If carried out, it would be the first military execution in more than 60 years and the first public execution in the US in almost a century.
Hegseth said Hasan would face a firing squad of soldiers, adding that the punishment was appropriate for his crime.
Asked whether Hasan had made any final requests or contacted President Donald Trump, Hegseth told conservative broadcaster Real America's Voice "Don't care. We'll see him on ...